Critters
 

Got a call from a tenant yesterday. It seems a groundhog is scratching away at the foundation from a hole in the neighbors yard. Per the internet I poured a few cups of ammonia in the hole along with a few eggs, garlic, plus pepper and covered it up to stink 'em out. I will repeat tomorrow. If that doesn't work then it's defcon5 time.

Just hear some more thumping from the upstairs bathroom ceiling. The shower has double fans and a chipmunk found its way inside again. The last time involved screeching and clawing. I turned on the fan to make him feel uncomfortable and banged on the farthest wall. There is no way to get to the outside. Wish they made those rotating louvers with an exterior mesh guard. I will have to take off the interior cover and try screen the inside somehow.

(This reminds me to get mesh screens for all the WH and furnace protrusions as well...)

When the roof was redone, the top half of the ceiling insulation was pure rodent's nest (and pellets) because the fascia board had gaps.

"It seems a groundhog is scratching away at the foundation from a hole in the neighbors yard."

That's one bigazz groundhog!

Some guys swear by Bazooka Joe, others Juicy Fruit gum... They say the groundhog will eat it and die. My dad swears the Juicy Fruit works. Me, I find a 22/250 round from 200 yards or closer works well.

The title of this thread should have been "Wild critters getting into the house"
(I can't change it now)

Yup. Big dude. Downtown.
Might be the same one chased away last year from a different spot
Eating the tenant's garden and climbing the stairs to eat what was left on the deck out of his potters middle of the day.

A decade ago dad was livid at one eating his plants.
At the time I was all 'humanitarian' and said 'let it be'. Wrong answer.
Equal pain breeds empathy..
About five years ago I had a group of three destroy almost everything in my back yard in two days.
A couple hundred in plants.

If the supermarkets close I would be open to recipe ideas.